On the actual day of my birthday, Adam and I went out to Pier Park to have a little fun...a Five Guys burger (mmm!), and bought a few little things (like a dress shirt for Adam for $.80 at JCPenneys!!!)
Then on the following Thursday, I went with these two cuties and their mama to Pier Park again, but this time for a Red Robin burger and some rides at the Miracle Strip at Pier Park...my camera was a little foggy (it was so hot...to me at least!)
The giraffe...
Guess which one is Auntie Amber?! Oh yes, the white hand is hers! Haha!
At Red Robin...
with Ming-Ming...
My favorite little girls...
Kids are so funny. They instantly lighten everything. I (bravely) rode the ferris wheel with these two on the ONE condition they did not rock the seat...I am mildly (ha!) afraid of ferris wheels BECAUSE of the following reasons:
1. I remember my mom talking about getting stuck on the top of a ferris wheel and always being scared of getting "stuck" on a ferris wheel.
2. MAINLY, because when Adam and I were dating and I actually rode a ferris wheel, he ROCKED the seat so much (on purpose because I was so scared!) I seriously thought I was not going to make it off the thing alive.
Anyways, since then, ferris wheels are NOT my thing. So of course Uncle Adam rides the ferris wheel with Taylor at the Peanut Festival and so she and Tori call me a chicken. To prove them wrong, I rode it with them at Pier Park. I was scared. Taylor told me...I don't like it when you are scared. She then asked me, are you a lot, lot scared or a little scared? I said a little...and she moved...and I said, okay, A LOT! And she said okay, if you are a lot scared, I will be really still. She also kept saying things like look at the ocean it will make you feel better. Ha!
Well, I made it (obviously). On the next ride we got on (the Scrambler), Taylor looks at me and says I know Uncle Adam is mean to you, but I love you (and proceeds to hug me). I said WHAT?! Uncle Adam isn't mean to me! Why do you say that? She said, because he rocks the ferris wheel seat even when you are scared! I tried to explain that he was picking on me because he liked me, but she said..."Still, it's not nice."
Haha...well, what do you say to that?
So hilarious. I am still laughing about it!
I always try to make matching envelopes!
I love the colors on this one...
Number three...
And, finally:
I probably should make these cards into four posts considering my lack of posts, but alas...I'm doing them all together! :)
When we got there...Taylor was giggling away with Annie, my Nanny's dog...
I think Annie was LOVING the attention...
I don't know why, but I love this picture...Taylor midstride, while talking to Annie, the sunglare, my brother in the background...it brings back fun memories!
The beautiful Tori...
There were giggles and playing with Uncle Adam...
And they even agreed to a few "pretty pictures"
For dinner, we had gourmet grilled cheeses (best ever!), jalepeno roast, and cheese dip...oh and punch! YUM!
After dinner, Taylor wanted to go back outside, and I used this as an opportunity to coerce a picture of them in the grass with my fancy camera (slowly learning how it all works!)
They chatted with Trev a bit and then we went off in search of Annie at Nanny's house...
Hello, Nanny! (Ha...she wasn't too keen on her picture being taken. I think she was saying in this picture...Amber Lynn, you better not be taking my picture!)
Then it was time for cake & brownies & ice cream. Taylor and Grandma Benton made the cake.
Oh the joy!
Oh the excitement!
Sigh! Oh the unbelievability of it all. FIVE?!
Tori got to blow out her candle too...for her brownie cake, since my parents were out of town for her birthday...
Then it was present time. Taylor got some cute clothes, lip gloss, nail polish and a dry erasable table...but I don't have any pictures of that because my camera battery died...maybe Taylor & Tori's mama can supply us with some pictures?
It was a fun night. Taylor is so smart and tall and beautiful and we all love her SO much!
The giraffe...
Guess which one is Auntie Amber?! Oh yes, the white hand is hers! Haha!
At Red Robin...
with Ming-Ming...
My favorite little girls...
Kids are so funny. They instantly lighten everything. I (bravely) rode the ferris wheel with these two on the ONE condition they did not rock the seat...I am mildly (ha!) afraid of ferris wheels BECAUSE of the following reasons:
Here's the details...we had the partyat Adam's cousin's barn, and Adam's sister & cousin did a lot (most) of the work...we went with a "vintage" theme instead of an "over the hill"/black theme so that she wouldn't feel sad (and so we could decorate better). We told her it was a Scentsy party...which she believed entirely, and then had the barn door roll up with everyone in the room screaming surprise. But she didn't understand what we said. Haha. So Megan had to explain it was her surprise birthday party.
We had strings of pictures of her growing up as banners...and a beautiful vintage cake and collections of vintage stuff clustered together...
The sign in area...everyone made a card with a memory of her and I made a birth to present scrapbook of her life...
We made a photobooth with old, colorful quilts hung up on a storage rack...
Like below, with a photo with the seven of us (though baby Barrett was barely even visible at this point!)
It turned out VERY cute. And she loved it.
Then...Adam & I gave her a Vera Bradley purse she was wanting, Megan gave her a Sorrelli necklace and Adam's dad gave her pearls.
I also made her a really cute vintage card...but it's on my computer that is currently packed away because we had TERMITES in a room of our house and said room is currently demolished...so, it will be up at some point, but not today.
See tomorrow for part two of the surprise...
A house move...
The Peanut Festival...see HERE.
Throwing a surprise 50th birthday for my MIL...
Getting my first page of Tori published...
Our THIRD (!!) anniversary...
Fun (and messy?) adventures with my two favorite girls...
My parents being out of town for months...
The birth of my first nephew...
Cupcake adventures...
Flying for the first time!!!
Twenty two was a busy, decision filled year. Sometimes it's an odd feeling to realize that I'm married, working full time, managing a household, etc....sometimes I still feel like I just graduated high school...yesterday. Then, there are other times when I feel so old, and accomplished...like we've been married forever...like it's been ages since I was in school. Either way...time keeps flying by.
And..hello, 23.
